Green Party leader shares statement after open letter from Met police chief Mark Rowley As the May elections creep closer, the leadership speculation at Westminster grows more intense. Is Keir Starmer safe and, if so, for how long? In her analysis piece below, the Guardian’s political editor Pippa Crerar explores the state of prime minister’s leadership, why discontent is building within Labour an...
Green Party leader shares statement after open letter from Met police chief Mark Rowley As the May elections creep closer, the leadership speculation at Westminster grows more intense. Is Keir Starmer safe and, if so, for how long? In her analysis piece below, the Guardian’s political editor Pippa Crerar explores the state of prime minister’s leadership, why discontent is building within Labour and who the most likely challengers could be. Continue reading...
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the 10 Best AI Stocks to Watch in May. On April 30, TheFly reported that Benchmark analyst Yi Fu Lee raised the company’s price target on Microsoft to $525 from $450 while maintaining a Buy rating on the shares, following Microsoft’s announcement of its fiscal year 2026 third-quarter financial […]
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the 10 Best AI Stocks to Watch in May. On April 30, TheFly reported that Benchmark analyst Yi Fu Lee raised the company’s price target on Microsoft to $525 from $450 while maintaining a Buy rating on the shares, following Microsoft’s announcement of its fiscal year 2026 third-quarter financial […]
Investors in Novartis (Symbol: NVS) saw new options become available today, for the November 20th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 203 days until expiration the newly available contracts rep
Investors in Novartis (Symbol: NVS) saw new options become available today, for the November 20th expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 203 days until expiration the newly available contracts rep
Gunter_Nezhoda Short interest in sub-$2B tech names is sharply bifurcated, with investors heavily betting against a concentrated group of AI-linked and semiconductor stocks while largely ignoring the rest of the small-cap universe. The most shorted names, led by Xiao-I ( AIXI ) at nearly 66% and including C3.ai ( AI ), indie Semiconductor ( INDI ), and BigBear.ai ( BBAI ), are clustered in AI, sem...
Gunter_Nezhoda Short interest in sub-$2B tech names is sharply bifurcated, with investors heavily betting against a concentrated group of AI-linked and semiconductor stocks while largely ignoring the rest of the small-cap universe. The most shorted names, led by Xiao-I ( AIXI ) at nearly 66% and including C3.ai ( AI ), indie Semiconductor ( INDI ), and BigBear.ai ( BBAI ), are clustered in AI, semis, and structurally challenged tech, reflecting skepticism around valuations, execution, and cyclicality. In contrast, the least shorted stocks carry negligible short interest below 1%, signaling limited institutional positioning, lower liquidity, or simply a lack of conviction on either side. Here’s a list of the 10 most shorted technology stocks (market cap up to $2B) as of April: Xiao-I Corporation ( AIXI ): 65.78% C3.ai ( AI ): 31.03% indie Semiconductor ( INDI ): 30.28% PAR Technology ( PAR ): 29.74% BigBear.ai ( BBAI ): 25.17% Wolfspeed ( WOLF ): 24.51% Xerox ( XRX ): 24.38% Canadian Solar ( CSIQ ): 21.44% MicroVision ( MVIS ): 21.19% Aeluma ( ALMU ): 20.46% On the other end, the least shorted tech stocks (market cap up to $2B) include: Taoping Inc. ( TAOP ): 0.51% FatPipe, Inc. ( FATN ): 0.54% Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd. ( HQ ): 0.55% InTest Corporation ( INTT ): 0.56% SAIHEAT Limited ( SAIH ): 0.59% BitFuFu Inc. ( FUFU ): 0.60% NextTrip, Inc. ( NTRP ): 0.61% Semilux International Ltd. ( SELX ): 0.62% Sagtec Global Limited ( SAGT ): 0.63% Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd. ( TDTH ): 0.64% Key small- to mid-cap tech ETFs include Invesco S&P SmallCap Information Technology ETF ( PSCT ), SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF ( XSD ), ARK Innovation ETF ( ARKK ), ARK Next Generation Internet ETF ( ARKW ), Global X Cloud Computing ETF ( CLOU ), Global X Cybersecurity ETF ( BUG ), Global X Robotics & AI ETF ( BOTZ ), Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF ( VOT ), and iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF ( IWP ). More on Invesco S&P SmallCap Information Tech ETF Most and least shorted tech sto...
Rey is teaching Sunny, about two weeks old, all her adopted baby needs to know to fend for herself Before last month, a young southern sea otter named Rey would never have imagined she would be a mother. That changed when she met Sunny, a pup – about two weeks old – found orphaned and alone on Asilomar state beach on the central coast of California in February. The pairing went off without a hitch...
Rey is teaching Sunny, about two weeks old, all her adopted baby needs to know to fend for herself Before last month, a young southern sea otter named Rey would never have imagined she would be a mother. That changed when she met Sunny, a pup – about two weeks old – found orphaned and alone on Asilomar state beach on the central coast of California in February. The pairing went off without a hitch. Continue reading...
honglouwawa The U.S. economy is experiencing an extraordinary nominal growth surge, with gross domestic product projected to climb roughly 75% from its pandemic low to 2027, according to Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett. The bank’s recent analysis shows U.S. nominal GDP rising from ~$20T in the second quarter of 2020 to a forecast $35T by the fourth quarter of 2027. Hartnett described i...
honglouwawa The U.S. economy is experiencing an extraordinary nominal growth surge, with gross domestic product projected to climb roughly 75% from its pandemic low to 2027, according to Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett. The bank’s recent analysis shows U.S. nominal GDP rising from ~$20T in the second quarter of 2020 to a forecast $35T by the fourth quarter of 2027. Hartnett described it as a “boom loop,” where higher prices, wages, government deficits, corporate revenues and rising asset values keep feeding into a larger dollar economy. Advance GDP data arrived earlier in the week, with real Q1 2026 growth coming in at a firm, albeit softer-than-expected, 2.0%. Nominal growth grew at a much faster annualized rate of 5.6% in the same period, reflecting higher inflation. Bank of America Research More on the U.S. Economy Median Household Income In March 2026 Powell To Stay In The Best Interest Of The Institution May Day: Market Looks For U.S. Leadership Wall Street opens higher as May trading starts with oil falling S&P Global mulls changing IPO rules for megacap companies
Welcome back to FOIA Files! Last week, I shared a set of emails that revealed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence “scrubbed” its FOIA webpage and removed hundreds of documents from its reading room that were released over the past decade in response to FOIA requests. An ODNI official told me the purge was triggered by a document the agency improperly posted during the Biden adminis...
Welcome back to FOIA Files! Last week, I shared a set of emails that revealed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence “scrubbed” its FOIA webpage and removed hundreds of documents from its reading room that were released over the past decade in response to FOIA requests. An ODNI official told me the purge was triggered by a document the agency improperly posted during the Biden administration that had caused a “fuss.” But the official wouldn’t identify the document. Well, as the saying goes, the internet is forever. Almost all of the documents ODNI removed are still accessible through the Internet Archive! The question remains: Which Biden-era document released by ODNI between Jan. 20, 2021 and Jan. 20, 2025 spurred the scrub? If you’re not already getting FOIA Files in your inbox, sign up here . Before it was “ wiped ” in May 2025, ODNI’s FOIA reading room was a broad repository for intelligence related documents. I counted more than 200 separate documents ODNI released during the Biden administration. A handful were actually released to me! For example, on Nov. 15, 2024, the agency sent me a closely guarded intelligence memo related to the targeted assassinations of political foes of Russian President Vladimir Putin. I’d been fighting to pry loose that particular record for nearly eight years. Also on the old ODNI site were a few pages the agency had released to me from a 1,000 page cache of Kash Patel’s emails during his tenure as principal deputy director of national intelligence. The communications show, in part, how Patel’s mission at ODNI was to prove that the Trump-Russia investigation was a “hoax,” which he set about doing by selectively declassifying politically sensitive documents. I had to sue to pry loose those documents. The case is still ongoing. I also received a set of emails from then-Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell covering topics that included a fake Richard Grenell Facebook page, leaks to the media, discussio...
Social Security is a dynamic program, delivering benefits to roughly 70 million people annually -- and not just retirees, either. It also supports millions of qualifying people with disabilities and survivors of workers. Altogether, it pays out more than $1.5 trillion each year -- and those dollars help many people get by. Thus, it's kind of important to keep up with its changes, as some could hav...
Social Security is a dynamic program, delivering benefits to roughly 70 million people annually -- and not just retirees, either. It also supports millions of qualifying people with disabilities and survivors of workers. Altogether, it pays out more than $1.5 trillion each year -- and those dollars help many people get by. Thus, it's kind of important to keep up with its changes, as some could have a big effect on you or people you care about. Here's a look at a few recent and upcoming changes. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
China is facing an EV slowdown, just like the U.S. Well, not exactly like the U.S. Deliveries from several Chinese electric vehicle makers slipped in April, compared with March. Coming into Friday trading, NIO stock was up 25% year to date and up 58% over the past 12 months. It has been relatively weaker, up only 5% year to date and down 27% over the past 12 months, through Thursday trading.
China is facing an EV slowdown, just like the U.S. Well, not exactly like the U.S. Deliveries from several Chinese electric vehicle makers slipped in April, compared with March. Coming into Friday trading, NIO stock was up 25% year to date and up 58% over the past 12 months. It has been relatively weaker, up only 5% year to date and down 27% over the past 12 months, through Thursday trading.